/*
 * Copyright 2012 Faculty of Informatics - Masaryk University.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package cz.muni.fi.pa165.creatures.dto.mapping.api;

/**
 * This interface represent mapping API for DTOs.
 * 
 * @author smikloso
 */
public interface MappingDTO<T,U> {
    
    /**
     * Decode an entity to a DTO.
     * 
     * @param entity entity to decode to DTO
     * @return decoded entity as a DTO
     */
    public T entityToDTO(U entity);
    
    /**
     * Decode a DTO to an entity
     * 
     * @param dto DTO to decode to an entity
     * @return decoded DTO as an entity
     */
    public U DTOtoEntity(T dto);
    
}
